return. to the. top stories on our t.v. water and food shortage just bring a little bit to the brink of a humanitarian crisis as the opposition again says it will not negotiate with a fugitive colonel gadhafi. enough is enough moscow says bloodshed in syria must end immediately and once the opposition not to stray from political dialogue if they truly believes in a peaceful state. the top u.s. officials once again defend the block's efforts in saving the euro as the debt tejan sweeping the euro zone it deepens diversions between readers and the future of the embattled currency. the russian markets have seen its biggest gain in two weeks on monday with the r.t.s. rallying point a half percent at the close your analysis he visits in about twenty minutes.

it's just after seven pm here in the russian capital this is r.t. now to your top story after its are under way to libya to try to restore water and electricity supplies in tripoli rebel leaders about nato countries to protect the teams trying to repair basic services well they've also once again rejected the possibility of holding talks with moammar gadhafi artie's money if an option is of a capital where a humanitarian crisis is unfolding. what we're hearing here in tripoli from the rebels makes their position absolutely clear there will no be any negotiations with gadhafi and all the can provide him they say is safety and fair trial the rebels information minister. even if he could affleck personally calls him and asks when

they go she says he will not never talk to him he has added and the rebels are not negotiating with the criminals and with the killers and prison not talks that is a had for the embattled colonel gadhafi government spokesperson mostly but again has sent a message to the rebels and his readiness to hold talks with the rabble zone forming the traditional government this statement comes just a week after the rebels assault on the libyan capital tripoli as a result they are virtually controlling most of the city they are actually right now controlling most of the can treat as well political action here in tripoli i would describe this situation as humanitarian disaster the tripoli council has said that from sixty to seventy percent of all residents of the libyan capital don't have enough water and electricity. due to technical problems they say in for sizing that's not related to the fight scenes on the streets. faces severe

shortages of food and medicine as well and electricity even here in corinthia hotel where we are sustained and where most of the foreign journalists are staying there is no water per day water free day here in this so this situation is very complicated and people are struggling. all for more analysis on the situation in libya now joined by dr. girl in a base middle east expert and former head of the german or that institute has very much for being on the program so as you probably have just heard as well on our report we are hearing that there is a rapidly declining humanitarian situation in libya from your point of view how bad could it get. well i mean of course the situation is very critical in terms of the support of the population and of course in terms of the security so i think the next step should be to really find out where gadhafi is and really try to stop

fighting but this may be may turn out to be quite difficult practically everybody has has an army has a has an arm has a gun and so this would be a very critical measure taken by the government and then of course next steps have to follow the political steps getting some sort of legitimacy for the transitional council and finally in a couple of months i hope that there will be elections but the way from from now at this point will be a long long one and very challenging one for the population as well as for the transitional council sam baker mentioning that it's a long and challenging road indeed a national security terry and also on the political side and libya certainly is not in the best shape following months of war and nato has provided now who do you think if any will stand to benefit from its current plight its situation. i hope and probably many people hope not only in libya that the people in libya

will benefit from the situation certainly that's true already for the east which is more or less self-governing ruling there is a very critical situation as far as the west as far as the triple it is concerned and we hope that the develop a better saw eventually and that is what they need to has committed itself or it has done thing for the benefit of the people so far it looks as if there are some problems. you are talking about nato it's fair i mean it's fair to say that the rebels needed the nato partners to win against gadhafi forces and the only that again during the early days and current instability but what about the future are the western powers here for good or will they give able to stand alone again. my assessment is that this syrians that the libyans should do the job themselves right now they have been assisted by nato have been very critical. about nato supporting the rebels but now the situation is as it is. now the there is literally

for the libyan transitional council for the people themselves and i think that should be. possible toward interfere once more let the libyans establish security let them settle their way politically ok we really won't know what will happen until maybe a few months from now but let's just look to let's say egypt where there was an uprising it brought about a sudden rapid change but then there was disappointment do you think there's a danger that the libyans will feel the same way say six months from now or eight months when if there is an election as the n.t. says so will they be disappointed. think so for the situation in libya is much more difficult than the situation in egypt has been in egypt we had a couple of prominent politicians we had certain social and political associations even political parties nothing of this we see in libya and then we have

a very divided society in terms of religion in terms of tribes so i think it's much more critical now of the the zero hour for the libyans than it has been for the egyptians a couple of months ago ok just very briefly a doctor a sign back it's difficult to draw parallels with do you think that there will be a military intervention in syria as we have seen it or libya you have the u.n. calling for action statements coming from the u.n. to you think the situation in libya will be a replay in syria very briefly. no i don't think so the situation in syria is seen as much more complicated much more intriguing than in libya so the international community community is certainly and definitely will remain from interfering in syria in a military way as they have done in libya thank you very much there for your insight it's a sign back berlin based middle east expert and former head of the german orient

its thank you how the a u.k. has gone beyond the un resolution on libya says the british m.p. barrie gardener he's from the opposition labor party and voted against the intervention but you can watch the full interview next hour but here's a preview. it was very clear in the original un resolution it was very clear to our prime minister spoke in parliament here that there would be no little consolation for us that's one of the things that troubled me all this was to speak your mind reasonably soon as to whether there should be troops on the ground as the rebels were going into tripoli we. go let's go let's go left these instructions being yelled up by the obviously british soldiers british personnel who were leading that advance group now that i think is where we've overstepped the line.

oh you're watching r t and there's plenty ahead for you this hour including surviving on scraps while you what are makers who once received bailouts are now reaping the rewards more and more locals in detroit are forced to deal in a scrap just to make ends meet. and the real out of this world experience a russian built orbital hotel is due to be put into space in just five years for those with cash to splash the perfect view. russia has once again because of the conflicting sides in syria to end the bloodshed and move from the battlefield to the negotiating table but also urged countries opposition to yield to a peaceful solution as it says this is the only way that will lead to democratic reforms that comes as russia's deputy foreign minister has been meeting the syrian leadership that is if you know as more. russia is calling on the syrian government

for an immediate implementation of all promised reforms and forces stationed our facilities between all conflicting parties that is the government and the opposition forces in the country that was the message from the kremlin which was relayed to the syrian government by russia's deputy foreign minister mikhail bogdanov who is in the syrian capital damascus now russia has had a special stance on syria ever since the beginning of the unrest in the country the proposed u.n. draft resolution which will seek to amend very stringent sanctions against syria is something that russia does not agree with in fact moscow has come up with its own resolution on syria which does not seek to put any harsh sanctions into place by the does call an immediate implementation of all very forums among other things russia has also encouraged the opposition leaders to enter a dialogue with the government something which the opposition leaders until now have been refusing to do but to the government has been delivering words least trying to deliver in subtle ways promises like for example the implementation of

freedom of speech just on sunday a new law has been passed in syria which does allow for foreign journalists to come into the country in order to report what is going on on the ground here that has not been done and up until now and because of that a lot of reports which have been coming from syria have been somewhat confusing and the r t crew has got into one of these one of the talons which has seen it on the largest confrontations between the government and the opposition forces in order to see what is actually happening there and we brought back this report look that good very suspicious significance for syria and for the president bashar lasted his father is from a village near the city in which the population is predominantly just like the rest of the province the process began here in march of this year this is one of the main buildings this is one of the main squares in the city of latakia the syria tell headquarters located on the right in the middle of it syria tell us a company. telephone company which was always why one of the cousins of the

president and the protesters expressed their hatred towards the regime by looting the place and then burning it violence returned to vote again just a couple of weeks ago claiming more than thirty lives antigovernment protests broke out in the sunni part of the city officials said they were battling with armed groups which they say have infiltrated the area now what's the story here the story goes according to the protesters according to the opposition answer majority of the western media sources is that there were worship stationed right here in this bay and they were shelling the sunni part of the town which is all along the coastline right over there and the middle of that part of the town is the palestinian camp but you have secured mine that's according to the u.s. administration who are obviously monitoring the situation there were no warships stationed in this on the seventeenth of august or earlier on the surface it seems to be life as usual but once you take

a closer look signs of unrest come through so we got to the sunni part of the time there are no signs of any fire coming from the side of the seat where supposedly ships were but they're definitely signs of battle you can see by the bullet holes in the walls of the. forces so that. some buildings were damaged but not significantly some people unwilling to speak on camera gave us views critical of the assad regime saying the government is to blame for failing to deliver a five month old promises of reforms this they see force the people are loose treats story protests the reluctance of people to be interviewed may not be surprising given that we were accompanied by an armed military escort throughout our trip from attack in syria even r.t. . by the e.u. has called for the president of the european central bank of all other officials to stand before a special for national committee as the debt. plague sweeping the block threatens

its very unity all talks which are underway to focus on helping the spread of the contagion as fresh data so as panic with revelations that even such economic giants as germany are not immune a lot another party already is addressing investor concerns that finland's amounts for collateral could derail a second one hundred sixty billion euro bailout for greece patrick young executive director of the investment firm devi advisors believes the wrists between the e.u. nations make it impossible to offer meaningful solution to the crisis. this is a fascinating meeting because actually it demonstrates that within the e.u. itself there is a very very significant struggle and argument over what is the process by which the eurozone needs to be saved the difficulty is that a lot of the politicians and bureaucrats involved simply have been too slow to realize the it stant of the problem because they managed to pee and over the cracks for the past five or six years they thought they could keep doing so we keep having

these false agreements that signed wonderful everybody says the euro zone crisis is solved and there is within a matter of a few weeks we have a further crisis in another economy and we need more money out of a very very fundamental argument going on within the european union the euro zone needs to come together with sensible moves because at the moment they've been throwing money at any possible problems and all they're doing is all offered cracks in the edifice in the structure of the building and that just won't do you know the french and the germans of whole by this whole situation because they want to try and get together a kind of thorazine warm solution to what goes on but it's just not realistic the french and the german government want to blame ignorant nasty speculators but actually the speculators are wrong the speculators are people who are looking after your and my pension fund money and they see the euro zone as being in danger so there's a very big argument looming today. well if you missed any of our stories you can

find them online on our web site that's our dot com and here is some of what's also very right now starving in that space astronauts of the all u.s.s. will have to tighten their belts after a cargo ship but carrying vital supplies burns up in the atmosphere well there's a correct picture you're on your screen are remaining food and water and now has to be rationed as aggressive gators try to figure out just what went wrong. there where the u.s. car industry was on its knees it took government intervention to avoid a fatal crash of one of the automotive giants are once again reaping the rewards of sales people living in the country's car capital who gave nothing well detroit is home to america's big three car companies but more and more of its residents leave

a life on the margins of society starkey's medina found out. this was once a city that symbolized america's innovation and manufacturing might. but today detroit is the third most violent city in the u.s. with unemployment estimated at up to fifty percent according to officials but once glamorous motor city now has more people living in poverty than cars on the streets home foreclosures continue flight to the suburbs which takes the tax base away from the city and there's more and more of that the decline in the school system. is making people believe the cd and so there's no money here really in there there are no jobs here and as the u.s.

census points out a quarter of a million people have left detroit in the past ten years the economic scars of this once vibrant city are impossible to escape roughly sixty thousand vacant buildings and thirty five thousand abandoned homes lined the streets of detroit hollow shells of america's former middle class which have ignited an industry of scrappers people who these properties of copper wire and steel pipes as a means of income. scrap are swapped ruins for profit yards like this just five miles out of detroit scrapyard owner albert talat says he sees new faces every day were deliberately they get the price of right peter brewery making everything going to hell even more hellish is the sight of a city looting itself and landmark buildings and foreclosed homes are guarded for survival are grown their way to the little room it would go up in addition to

scrappers an increasing number of cash crops working americans. are trading goods. greenbacks guy in the lex luthor gets the suit and tie and little brass lamb who you know he's not into the league like the recycling pentagon. broke short of money the us president promised things would be better for america's car making capital after the two thousand and nine fifty billion dollar bailout to general motors and chrysler or automakers are in the midst of their strongest period of job growth in more than a decade since g.m. and chrysler emerged from bankruptcy the industry has created more than seventy five thousand new jobs for the first time in six years ford g.m. and chrysler are all operating at a profit g.m. has reported six straight quarterly profits and chrysler's revenue is said to be up by thirty percent nearly fourteen billion dollars from last year what about bill in

the people out you bill about the corporations who bailed out the banks and doesn't you know whole lot because the people who are in the cities still don't get those jobs those jobs are still being outsourced in this once great industrial beacon of american ideals were henry ford pioneered that famous model t. production schools police and fire stations now stand a bandit as many americans are reduced to dealing in scrap your guilty party just to make ends meet. hearty detroit. president medvedev has far the starter scholar for the russian parliamentary election race during a miracle with all the political parties representatives in the southern city of sochi and he signed a decree setting the election date as the fourth of december this year he also one of the parties against adopting dirty tactics like nationalistic and extremist slogans in their campaigning medvedev also discussed the changes to election process with representatives well such changes were possibly included ratatouille

primaries use this year for the first time by the united russia party to four of the of candidates. but for those eager for a break from down to earth troubles a russian company has come up with the perfect solution in just five years time to planning to open a hotel in space and though the price tag is astronomical as are to push gove a found out for some what the chance of having the ultimate retreat is worth it. there is getting away from it all and then there's this the first ever hotel floating in space could be the ultimate escape and according to its leaders this is no space fantasy stance from a boy in europe we'll launch the commercial space station into into sixteen and receive our first guests in twenty seven soon designed to host seven guests at most it is likely to become the most exclusive boutique hotel in the world. the hotel will be far more comfortable than the current international space station used by

cosmonauts and astronauts guests will be able to enjoy an individual cabin a shower cubicle instead of a sponsored was those aboard the i says have to do with and toilets with flowing and instead of water due to a listless visitors will only be able to sleep in the bags attached to the walls but there is a choice to sleep there is some type of vertically as for the food it is promised to be delicious. it will be a super de luxe trip everything has to be top level so just getting there will be an adventure in itself in days on board a russian so used base craft and a chance to rub shoulders with the real astronauts to the hotel will be used as an emergency retreat in case of a crisis on the international space station but i think everybody sort of the chance if they if they get it to go to space it will be in the future but they are making the first steps now thirty three year old leave given you want to qantas to

become the country's first space tourist he may be lined up for nothing more than a suborbital flight that he says it's just the start so much different than the old boy's dream of this to feel only fewer felt but there are so many restrictions that can prevent you from gold for example health or money and that's certainly something that is likely to become a stumbling block the most earth dwellers the cost of the trip. at the moment the estimate price for twenty seventeen starts at about sixteen million dollars. it is a really rich individuals or corporations interested in their own space research it could also be an interesting options for states which don't have a national space program we can offer them a really good deal. a luxury room in one of the world's leading hotels certainly has its advantages having to choose between sleeping vertically or sleeping here i'd certainly go for these cushions but there's one thing about space hotel that

even the most luxurious place on the planet won't be able to be and that is the view from the window after all that's what most people go there for the view of planet earth in all its beauty gary bush gave up r.t. moscow although it's over this hour's business update with your ear. that's right time to delve into the world of business the very warm welcome the customers in the pub the prospects of the world economy is also being felt here in russia becoming ministry has lowered the country's growth forecast for this year by a notch to four point one percent that's despite raising its forecast for average world price production and investment is growing smaller than expected while increasing consumption has mostly been met by imports but ministry expects g.d.p. growth to continue to swell until twenty four change one of the disappointment

after two thousand eight presence for russia was a big country sticking to buy shit time to return to put prizes growth rates just remind the present russia was one leaves seventy eight percent g.d.p. growth the near. post where do we raise some growth which is relatively good when you compare russia developed countries but it's still you know four percent year on year which is not very much impressive in russia sickies as local investors do compare russia will probably come. as a result of the meals for the same hours it looks like the bulls the surprise the plan that will come after the falls and fourteen because it was a time of the cabinet would be already prepared the economic program ugly implementation is the best climate and basically be ready to invite international a russian ambassador. to stimulate economic growth. then certainty plaguing the world's financial markets pushed capital also to a five year high last week analysts from the merchant port full of fun for research

say foreign investors took almost five hundred million dollars out of the country that's of course all the total immersion markets outflow during the period. global current prices are having a negative impact on oil exploration and russia producers are squeezing over come from existing wells rather than prospecting for new opportunities this has led to a six percent decrease. drilling this year it's an area of the industry analysts say it's already suffering from a lack of investment well they weren't if there are no bigger tax breaks for exploration the country will not be able to maintain current levels of output. which brings us to the market's world is climbing on the rebound jeans us consumer spending in july we try by the most in five months easing fears but another recession may be coming and the trip to see the record is a sign that the energy demand for oil and gasoline will rebound looking at precious metals gold is low this hour losing forty three dollars trading at one thousand

eight hundred three dollars per ounce and silver is also down trading under forty one thoughtless. u.s. stocks opened high on monday off data showed americans spend more than expected last month. to fight it she europe european stocks are higher though trading those things on monday as long as the markets were closed for a public holiday and finally a great day for the russian markets as you can see they pose of their highest close until weeks the r.t.s. has gained four and a half percent and the biceps added three and a half percent a quick look at some of the individual moves like in stocks were among the best performers was five percent try to make a come on in the black because well the government passed a three and a hotbed of past profits became almost thirty million dollar losses last year and generating company k. two was also on the rise last posting a sixty percent jump in class top profits google stroke from capital stop the day's

trade. the market was really quite strong today i guess on the back of sentiment folino ben bernanke is roar of the u.s. economy did not need to for the stimulus but he was prepared to step in and give it if it would become necessary i think is a stronger you know if you're more because this morning. you're a week or a dollar also which and i hope to push up the that will price about fifty cents today this had a knock on effect of pushing our broken russian markets another factor which is you know strong in an explosion consumer spending got out of the u.s. which is helped push out bought russia a bit from the late afternoon on general market trading as a community today with me on with all enclosed in a bank holiday there and so i think that will see the other four facts of this sort of tomorrow. that's all we have time for knowledge join me for another business update in last a month's time so stay with us.